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PLENARY SPEECH by Anna C. Peacock "Silicon core fibers for nonlinear photonics: Progress and trends"
Anna C. Peacock is a Professor of Photonics within the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton. She obtained her BSc and MSc in Physics from The University of Auckland (New Zealand), before moving to the ORC to undertake a PhD in Nonlinear Fibre Optics. She was subsequently awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, in recognition of her pioneering work on fiberized semiconductor devices. Anna now heads the Nonlinear Semiconductor Photonics group, where the focus of her research is on the design and development of novel semiconductor waveguides. She is a fellow of the Optical Society (FOSA), the IEEE Photonics Society (FIEEE), and the Institute of Physics (FInstP). She is currently serving as a Deputy Director of the ORC, responsible for the Photonics Systems, Circuits and Sensors group. | ||
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The nascent field of silicon core fibres is attracting increased interest as a means to exploit the excellent optical and optoelectronic functionality of the semiconductor material directly within the fibre geometry. Compared to their planar counterparts, this new class of waveguide retains many advantageous properties of the fibre platforms such as flexibility, cylindrical symmetry, and long waveguide lengths. Furthermore, owing to the robust glass cladding it is also possible to employ standard fibre post-processing procedures to tailor the waveguide dimensions and reduce the optical losses over a broad wavelength range, of particular use for nonlinear applications. This presentation will review progress in the development of nonlinear devices from the silicon core fibre platform and outline exciting future prospects for the field. | ||
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